This Guy's Reaction to the Catcalling Video Is Insanely Offensive

If you're going to go on television to defend catcallers, and it's 2014, you probably know what you're in for. So author and relationship expert Steven Santagati should have prepared for a verbal beatdown when he went on CNN this weekend to debate the topic.

The self-proclaimed "bad boy," who actually spoke to ELLE back in 2009, appeared on the network with anchor Fredricka Whitfield and comedian Amanda Seales. They discussed a video from the advocacy group Hollaback! depicting catcalling that went viral, and caused a ton of debate about street harassment. And the side-eye started shortly after Santagati told women what they should be thinking.

"The bottom line is this, ladies: You would not care if all these guys were hot," he said. "They would be bolstering your self-esteem, bolstering your ego, there is nothing more that a woman loves to hear than how pretty she is."

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The debate between Seales and Santagati got heated, and Seales tried to make it clear that women don't leave the house every day expecting compliments from strangers. "Political correctness has gone too far," he retorted. "If you don't like it as a woman, turn around and tell them to shut up. Stand up for yourself. Act like a strong woman in 2014."

When Seales notes that women risk their personal safety by doing so, here was his response: "Then carry a gun." Check out the full, cringeworthy debate below.

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